Book · by Jane Austen
How many pages is Persuasion?
Persuasion by Jane Austen has a median of 268 pages across 197 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 243 to 304 pages.
Median pages
268
197 editions counted
Range
122–516
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
74k
at 275 words per page
How long will Persuasion take you?
Reading time
4 h 43 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 304 | 11 | 5 h 22 min |
| Paperback | 266 | 27 | 4 h 41 min |
| Mass market | 248 | 2 | 4 h 22 min |
Editions counted
The 197 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 11 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 1,237 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Larvae Editions | – | 156 | OL49198809M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 329 | OL34300709M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 360 | OL34299598M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 275 | OL34287907M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 360 | OL34314090M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 275 | OL34280504M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL34306970M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 320 | OL34201545M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 221 | OL34217820M |
| 2021 | West Margin Press | – | 206 | OL34162315M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 226 | OL34234831M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 274 | OL34222481M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL34204976M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL34248620M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 290 | OL34248280M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 147 | OL34219211M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 242 | OL34242923M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 272 | OL34350452M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL34303418M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 229 | OL34291876M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL34284452M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 250 | OL34349622M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL34279859M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 265 | OL34283210M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 255 | OL34297012M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL34335270M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 283 | OL34198519M |
| 2021 | Barnes & Noble | – | 240 | OL39711746M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 170 | OL30236826M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30353821M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 311 | OL30237377M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 255 | OL30017688M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30332945M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 254 | OL30077970M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL34334342M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 255 | OL29897872M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 274 | OL29933919M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 255 | OL30042303M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 255 | OL29899999M |
| 2020 | Nelson Incorporated, Thomas | – | 304 | OL29845961M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 372 | OL30353901M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30322216M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 256 | OL30364938M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 290 | OL30346307M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 255 | OL30002854M |
| 2020 | Wordsworth Editions, Limited | – | 240 | OL29504535M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 239 | OL30337738M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 170 | OL30265182M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL34206241M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30352644M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30330257M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30350674M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 372 | OL29903610M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 255 | OL29984402M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 290 | OL29910999M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 372 | OL30022942M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30324297M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30330863M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 255 | OL30054299M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 255 | OL29979364M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 168 | OL30269484M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30325847M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30330567M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 290 | OL29868650M |
| 2019 | Flame Tree Publishing | – | 320 | OL28895347M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 226 | OL29883053M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 236 | OL34114192M |
| 2018 | Race Point Publishing | flexibound | 280 | OL27821963M |
| 2018 | Scholastic | Paperback | 288 | OL29365207M |
| 2018 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 272 | OL28720309M |
| 2017 | Alma Classics | – | 240 | OL29298583M |
| 2017 | [publisher not identified] | – | 268 | OL49662039M |
| 2017 | Amazon Publishing | – | 268 | OL28905278M |
| 2016 | Pan Macmillan | – | 312 | OL28591583M |
| 2016 | Millennium Publications | paperback | 150 | OL27408335M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 268 | OL29732451M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 268 | OL29732626M |
| 2016 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 217 | OL34064725M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 268 | OL29780121M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 268 | OL29732661M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 288 | OL34064715M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 264 | OL29730487M |
| 2014 | Vintage Books | – | 320 | OL28516923M |
| 2013 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 208 | OL34075092M |
| 2013 | [publisher not identified] | – | 174 | OL49376643M |
| 2013 | Printers Row Publishing Group | – | 208 | OL29669209M |
| 2012 | Barnes & Noble | – | 228 | OL30403064M |
| 2012 | Chivers | – | 347 | OL32132851M |
| 2012 | W.W. Norton & Co. | – | 352 | OL25162486M |
| 2012 | Penguin Books, Limited | Paperback | 264 | OL28477205M |
| 2011 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 250 | OL28472734M |
| 2011 | Belknap Press of Harvard University Press | Hardcover | 341 | OL25194139M |
| 2011 | Penguin Books | – | 252 | OL25053702M |
| 2009 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 312 | OL28456957M |
| 2009 | Oneworld Classics | – | 222 | OL45212083M |
| 2009 | Simon & Schuster Paperbacks | – | 345 | OL25324898M |
| 2008 | – | – | 249 | OL26684222M |
| 2008 | Signet Classics | – | 298 | OL23161727M |
| 2008 | Vintage Books | – | 260 | OL23213721M |
| 2007 | Longman | Paperback | 368 | OL10460128M |
| 2007 | NuVision Publications | Paperback | 208 | OL12439289M |
| 2007 | Vintage Books | – | 260 | OL23157715M |
| 2007 | Echo Library | Hardcover | 456 | OL8411309M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 212 | OL11678721M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 266 | OL10416544M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 292 | OL9368432M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 368 | OL11859158M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 308 | OL11859116M |
| 2006 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 242 | OL9365586M |
| 2006 | Penguin Books | – | 304 | OL7358794M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 262 | OL10416421M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 516 | OL11859200M |
| 2006 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 216 | OL11879028M |
| 2006 | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | – | 392 | OL22733363M |
| 2006 | Cambridge University Press | Hardcover | 480 | OL7765169M |
| 2006 | Headline Book Publishing | Paperback | 384 | OL7993360M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 266 | OL10370508M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 278 | OL10370456M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 268 | OL9882735M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 266 | OL10370563M |
| 2005 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Hardcover | 288 | OL8870342M |
| 2005 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Paperback | 288 | OL8870196M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 348 | OL7652762M |
| 2004 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 304 | OL7383269M |
| 2004 | Oxford World's Classics (Oxford University Press) | Paperback | 249 | OL25774690M |
| 2004 | Collector's Library | Hardcover | 312 | OL8772701M |
| 2004 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | – | 249 | OL22593782M |
| 2003 | Barnes & Noble Classics | – | 259 | OL3696058M |
| 2003 | Penguin Books | – | 250 | OL3702865M |
| 2002 | Thorndike Press | – | 415 | OL3561361M |
| 2001 | Modern Library | – | 204 | OL6796211M |
| 1999 | Barnes & Noble Books | Hardcover | 248 | OL8013215M |
| 1999 | Tor Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 256 | OL9836835M |
| 1999 | Tom Doherty Associates | – | 242 | OL24501554M |
| 1998 | New York | – | 255 | OL464157M |
| 1998 | Penguin Books | – | 399 | OL20941836M |
| 1998 | North Books | Hardcover | 243 | OL12286510M |
| 1998 | Broadview Press | – | 305 | OL497269M |
| 1998 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd | Paperback | 224 | OL8978435M |
| 1998 | Penguin Books | – | 235 | OL109296M |
| 1997 | Charnwood | Hardcover | 368 | OL7778739M |
| 1997 | Dover Publications | Paperback | 188 | OL665326M |
| 1996 | Signet Classics | – | 288 | OL7577249M |
| 1996 | Book of the Month Club | – | 228 | OL22334327M |
| 1995 | Modern Library | – | 184 | OL805074M |
| 1995 | W. W. Norton | – | 424 | OL7458744M |
| 1995 | W.W. Norton & Company | – | 316 | OL1080990M |
| 1995 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd. | – | 196 | OL17614287M |
| 1993 | [publisher not identified] | hardcover | 122 | OL32690721M |
| 1992 | Everyman's Library | Hardcover | 304 | OL7698573M |
| 1990 | Oxford University Press | – | 255 | OL1855292M |
| 1990 | Thorpe | – | 390 | OL22481668M |
| 1989 | VIRAGO PRESS LTD | Paperback | 266 | OL8981186M |
| 1988 | The Zodiac Press | Hardcover | 248 | OL7764090M |
| 1986 | Heinemann | Paperback | 256 | OL10243199M |
| 1985 | Penguin Books | – | 400 | OL7354659M |
| 1985 | Penguin Books | – | 399 | OL16852512M |
| 1984 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 240 | OL7820332M |
| 1984 | Bantam Books | – | 229 | OL37071843M |
| 1980 | Oxford University Press | – | 255 | OL4115454M |
| 1979 | C. Chivers | – | 400 | OL26897902M |
| 1979 | Pan Books | paperback | 240 | OL30524465M |
| 1977 | Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club | – | 241 | OL4578931M |
| 1971 | Oxford University Press | – | 304 | OL7382135M |
| 1970 | Penguin Books | – | 399 | OL51678715M |
| 1968 | Magnum Easy Eye Books | – | 351 | OL45610283M |
| 1968 | Magnum Easy Eye Books | – | 351 | OL45944959M |
| 1966 | Airmont Publishing Company, Inc. | – | 189 | OL47315387M |
| 1965 | Penguin Books | – | 399 | OL19833144M |
| 1965 | Penguin Books | – | 398 | OL5955536M |
| 1965 | Houghton Mifflin Company | – | 219 | OL5974830M |
| 1964 | New American Library | – | 256 | OL24619532M |
| 1961 | Folio Society | – | 235 | OL43561132M |
| 1958 | W. W. Norton & Company | – | 270 | OL5779665M |
| 1956 | J. M. Dent | – | 219 | OL22601648M |
| 1954 | Oxford University Press | – | 290 | OL52703206M |
| 1954 | Oxford University Press | – | 290 | OL49934034M |
| 1949 | Zodiac Press | – | 247 | OL22601653M |
| 1949 | Zodiac Press | – | 247 | OL23765912M |
| 1946 | Williams & Norgate | – | 272 | OL17580179M |
| 1944 | The Book Society | – | 229 | OL17729209M |
| 1940 | Pantheon Books | – | 254 | OL17637901M |
| 1934 | J.M. Dent & sons, ltd. | – | 219 | OL6336916M |
| 1930 | Oxford university press, H. Milford | – | 290 | OL16220109M |
| 1930 | Oxford University Press | – | 290 | OL20059260M |
| 1909 | Dent | – | 216 | OL1925626M |
| 1906 | J. Grant | – | 372 | OL24657545M |
| 1906 | Frank S. Holby | – | 375 | OL36680696M |
| 1906 | J. Grant | – | 372 | OL24786406M |
| 1906 | John Grant | – | 373 | OL32345300M |
| 1905 | J. Grant | – | 372 | OL7044632M |
| 1902 | J.M. Dent & Co. | – | 261 | OL22290345M |
| 1900 | T. Nelson | – | 229 | OL22393872M |
| 1892 | Roberts brothers | – | 328 | OL6775666M |
| – | Tuttle Publishing | – | 318 | OL7592723M |
| – | Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd | – | 229 | OL16935312M |
| – | Altin-kalem | – | 244 | OL20414534M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Persuasion?
- About 268 pages: that is the median of 197 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 122 to 516 pages.
- How long does it take to read Persuasion?
- About 4 h 43 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
- How many words is Persuasion?
- Roughly 74,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.
Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).